audition songs/ monologues

<p>nevermind, i cannot find a published version of either of those plays....grrr</p>

<p>I just have an opinion question. My son will be entering MT school in the fall and they are required to audition for the two fall musicals. Is it a good idea to use songs from the shows to audition with as long as they fall within the audition guidelines or is this old school?</p>

<p>llong 39, you don't indicate which school and whether the auditions will be held shortly after school commences, but it was my daughter's experience that one of the roles of her voice teacher her freshman year was to assist her in finding a good selection of songs for auditions and working with her on them.</p>

<p>Traditional wisdom is NOT to use a song from the show, unless specified. Try to use something of the same era/style/etc. </p>

<p>MichaelNKat is correct in the long run, but at some schools, auditions are the first week, so the voice teacher is not going to be much help for the first set of auditions.</p>

<p>Thanks for the opinions. His auditions are the first week of school so he will be working on songs this summer.</p>

<p>Usually an actor doesn't sing a song from the show for which she is auditioning at the first audition. If she gets a call back, she may very well be given one of the songs from the show to sing.</p>

<p>Wherever He Ain't and Unusual Way...overdone?</p>

<p>Thanks!~!</p>

<p>From my experience - Unusual Way moreso than Wherever He Ain't.</p>

<p>I agree with the above. By the same token, I don't think that they are sooooo overdone to the point of not being OK for a college audition. I think you should ideally avoid the MOST overdone material (ie., Wicked, etc.) but you don't have to necessarily seek out the most unique material. My D suggested Wherever He Ain't to her local friend for college auditions, and she landed at Emerson, one of only two schools she applied to.</p>

<p>"Come To Your Senses"- Tick Tick Boom
"Shoppin' Around"- Wish You Were Here
"Raining in My Heart"- Dames at Sea
"The Night it Had to End"- Romance Romance</p>

<p>Are any of those painfully overdone? I'm worried about Come To Your Senses...</p>

<p>I think Come to Your Senses is the only one of the four that is done a lot. If you can find a substitute for Come to Your Senses, you could try. Otherwise, I don't think it is so overly done to a point of it being a bad choice. You don't have to go for utterly unique songs but try to avoid the MOST overdone ones. That song is done a lot but I don't know that it is the MOST overdone such as "oh no, not that song again". Just make it your own.</p>

<p>My D recommended that song to a girl from our state who is now in Emerson's BFA in MT program (not the same girl I referenced in post #709 either!).</p>

<p>I happen to think that "Come to Your Senses" can be a great song when acted well.</p>

<p>But then, I'm also a bit biased. My daughter was in a show her senior year of high school with a theatre company run by her voice teacher and at the time was in a relationship with a young man who had begun to treat her very shabbily and was not supportive at all of her performing interests during that critical time of all her college auditions. The entire cast knew what was going on and felt very protective of my daughter. The last night of the show, some of my daughter's friends cajoled him into attending even though he kept saying he was too busy. At the end of the show, my daughter came back on and sang the song directly to him. By the end of the song, the entire audience knew exactly what was going on and was looking at the guy and watching him squirm in his seat. After the show, my daughter ended the relationship permanently. So yeah, I really like that song.</p>

<p>Okay. It's good to know that Come to Your Senses isn't terribly overdone. I really do feel that it shows off my voice very well, and I feel that it's probably one of my best songs right now. I'm still a little nervous about using it, but I'm not going to completely cross it off my list just yet.</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

<p>MichaelNKat....</p>

<p>Great story!!!</p>

<p>I think both Wherever he ain't and Unusual way are populae choices but the truth is - panels like hearing them and they are not ridiculously overone. I auditioned with the Mack & Mabel song for the UK tour of Evita and was told how much they enjoyed my choice of song. Same for Unusual Way, which I used as one of my choices at my recent Phantom West End audition. For college I would say both are ok, as long as you pick something less known as your second song (which is what I always do, then give the panel the choice).</p>

<p>Music<em>is</em>life - definitely avoid Come to your senses. It is done ALL the time, seriously. If you do choose to audition with it, make sure you have other "I have done my research and also know older shows" choices in the bag. The other songs you mention are fine.</p>

<p>I think you can use Come to your senses as long as you make it your own as Soozie says.
My D sang Astonishing very well for all 7 of her auditions, she was a transfer, and even though she was told several times before auditions the song was overdone she felt it fit her voice very well and she was comfortable singing it for her auditions (she was accepted to 4 schools). Even her voice coaches at home and in NYC loved her singing Astonishing and felt it was a perfect fit for her voice.
I think the best advice for auditions is have your songs a part of YOU. As long as you are comfortable with the songs and they showcase your voice, range, etc go with it.
Break a leg. </p>

<p>I'm so glad D is finished with auditions. I had a wonderful time with my D....would not take anything for the travel, long talks, laughter and tears. D is so ready to go to school and her leaving will be bitter sweet but I will always cherish the time I had this semester with her.</p>

<p>Once again.....BREAK A LEG Coppelia and Music<em>is</em>life.</p>

<p>It really depends. At my most recent Wicked audition we were told to choose two song in the style of the show - excluding anything from Rent. Obviously that had been picked one too many times for the panel's liking. Colleges often have similar "requests" or "rules", it's worth thinking about having a good mix of audition material at the ready.</p>

<p>I cannot find the full Sheet Music with all the lyrics for You've Got Possibilities. Anyone else had a similar problem? Are rights only partially released? This is for a play audition.....any suggestions?</p>

<p>Calling for ideas for audition songs for "Little Shop." My son needs songs in a similar style to audition for Seymour or the Dentist. (It's middle school so he can audition for both!) He does not need to use Broadway songs; 50's style rock/pop or Doo Wop is accepted. Is Elvis too much for the Dentist? What songs would be similar in style for Seymour? Thanks for any ideas!</p>

<p>Are any of mine overdone?</p>

<p>"Larger than Life"
"If I Sing"
"Love, I Hear" *
"Can't Be Bothered Now"
"My Defenses Are Down"</p>

<p>These are just some of the ones that my teacher and I have started working on. Are any too overdone that I should just not bother to continue? Let me know! Thanks!</p>

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<li>Also, "Love, I Hear" is a Sondheim song, but is pretty different from other Sondheim songs in difficulty of the accompaniment. Should I avoid it simply because it is Sondheim?</li>
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<p>let me know!
-Knarfy</p>